p. 15 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 19. (5/13/1897)

Earlier text: Trouble for the Moravian Mission

DOMESTIC.

—A French Canadian couple living at St. Paul, recently celebrated the eightieth anniversary of their marriage.

—The "amended scientific temperance law" of Illinois has been reported upon favorably, and is expected soon to become a law.

—The loss to the fruit crops in Virginia and the eastern Carolinas as a result of the recent frosts, is estimated at $1,000,000.

—The new transatlantic cable to be laid between Brest and New York will be the longest yet submerged, the total length being 3,250 nautical miles.

—Dr. H. S. Tanner, the famous faster, is being backed by a well-known sporting man in a challenge to fast to a finish with any man in the world for a purse of $10,000.

—In Birmingham, Alabama, a strike is threatened which will involve 10,000 men employed by the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company, in consequence of a one-eighth reduction in wages.

—Every saloon in Winneshiek Co., Iowa, has been closed, by the decision of Judge Hobson that there was not the necessary per cent. of signers to the mulct petition to prevent the operation of the law.

—The Moore temperance law, which permits a city council to prohibit saloons operating in residence portions of a city, has been sustained by the Supreme Court of Indiana, and is causing much alarm to the liquor men of the State.

—Funds are now being raised in San Francisco by the Union League Club, the Daughters of Liberty, the Martha Washington Council, and other organizations, for the purpose of building a grand memorial monument to Abraham Lincoln.

—In the United States Circuit Court, at Denver, Colo., on May 4, an order was issued authorizing the sale of the entire property of the Colorado Midland Railway, to satisfy an indebtedness of $2,000,000 to the Central Trust Company of New York.

—On May 4 a new law went into effect regarding the importation of cheap or deleterious teas. Teas not coming up to the standard of the law will be rejected at all ports of the United States, and if not returned to point of shipment within six months from date of arrival, will be destroyed by the authorities.

—The annual report of the Immigration Bureau for the fiscal year 1896 gives the following percentages of illiteracy among the immigrants arriving in this country: from Portugal, 77 per cent.; from Italy, 54 per cent.; from Austria-Hungary, 39 per cent.; from Germany, 3 per cent., and from Sweden, 1.16 per cent.

—The Oklahoma flood of April 29 has left 1,000 people homeless. Five hundred homes were completely swept away, and scores of others ruined. The damage to property is placed at $100,000, but the damage to crops is said to be incalculable. The loss of life was not as large as at first supposed, probably not over twenty.

—At the Tennessee exposition, which opened on May 1, one of the chief attractions will be a gigantic seesaw, which will balance over a tower seventy-five feet high, and carry a car at either end. The elevation reached by these cars will be 150 feet. Electricity will be used both for lighting and operating the structure.

—Prof. Henry C. Bryant, of Philadelphia, is organizing an expedition for the scientific exploration of Mount St. Elias, in Alaska. He expects to start very soon, and intends also to explore carefully the country in the immediate vicinity of the big mountain. Prince Luis, of Savoy, nephew of the king of Italy, will also conduct an expedition to this mountain at about the same time.

—At Dallas, Texas, on the morning of April 29, the Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a monument to the memory of Jefferson Davis. On the top of the granite column stands a private, while at the base, on four pedestals, are life-size statues of Jefferson Davis, R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Albert Sidney Johnston. Jefferson Davis pulled the cord which unveiled the form of his grandfather.

—The government dry dock at Port Orchard, on Puget Sound, which was but recently completed, at a cost of nearly $1,000,000, is now reported to be completely unfit for the work for which it was intended. The battle-ship Oregon, which went there a short time ago for overhauling, was compelled to be floated off the dock, fearing a collapse of the structure. The foundation is said to be built on mud and quick-sand instead of hard-pan.

—On May 5 Congress refused to ratify the General Arbitration Treaty between United States and Great Britain. Four votes were lacking to make the necessary two-thirds majority, and it was reported that many senators who were personally opposed to its ratification voted for it on account of public opinion. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee attributes the defeat to the course which England has taken in the affairs of Crete, Armenia, and the Transvaal.

—The Universal Postal Congress met at Washington, D. C., on May 5, in the great hall of the Art Gallery. About sixty countries were represented. Korea, China, and the Orange Free State, which are outside the Postal Union, had delegates present. It is expected that the work of the congress will continue for six weeks. Among other questions to be submitted to the congress will be the free transmission of official mails in all countries belonging to the Postal Union, and raising the weight to be carried by a five-cent stamp from one-half to three-fourths of an ounce. The feasibility of a universal stamp is also to be considered.

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"It is an undeniable fact that crime is on the increase, and that the administration of laws as they now exist is powerless to check the growing evil."

The oldest of these women was forty-two, guilty of murder; the youngest, eighteen, guilty of robbery. The next youngest, nineteen years, was charged with burglary. The Word of God declares of this time that "evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse," and that "iniquity shall abound." Experts can not throw light upon the increase of crime, but the Bible shows clearly that it is departing from God. Read Isaiah 59. And this is a sign of the end.

Liberal Catholicism.

It is said that Mgr. Schroeder, of the Catholic University at Washington, D. C., was the prime cause of Bishop Keane's deposition from that post. The bishop was recognized as a "liberal Catholic." Mgr. Schroeder is now writing a series of colloquial articles, in which he aims vigorous blows at liberalism, and it is surmised that Archbishop Ireland is the real objective point. Here is an excerpt from one of his articles:—

"Question—Would you then reject all liberalism, even the true, honest, Catholic liberalism? I think that is almost running to extremes, throwing out the wheat with the chaff.

"Answer—That is just what I want to do, for liberal Catholicism is nothing but chaff and weeds, that will keep back, or even choke off, wheat. Liberalism—on the acre of the Catholic Church—is what the Canadian thistle is to the farmers in Dakota. They make no distinction between good and bad thistles; they kill all, as they know none are any good. And so there are not two varieties of liberalism in the church—only one—and it is no good. During the last fifty years, and especially in our time, the popes have repeatedly pronounced liberal Catholicism, as a doctrine, incompatible with the teachings of the church, and have called it a 'dangerous enemy,' 'a compromise between right and wrong,' 'a hidden poison,' 'a sneaking, fraudulent error that is more dangerous than an open enemy.' Can there be a true Catholic that will dare uphold a doctrine which has been condemned by the highest teacher of the church?"

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

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Editorial.

The Power of Christ (notes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2 God's Holy Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A High Calling, E. J. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Poetry.

The Friend of Sinners, E. R. COLBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Triumph of the Redeemed, G. T. WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Toil and Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 A Message of Love, ELLA DORLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General Articles.

"We Ought to Obey God Rather than Men," MRS. E. G. WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 His Coming and Kingdom, W. N. G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Wheelbarrow Christians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jewish Customs and Traditions (The Sanctuary and Its Services), F. C. GILBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Doctrine of Baptism, F. L. FAVOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Spirit in Re-creation, H. F. PHELPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 A Promised Redeemer, AUGUSTA W. HEALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 What Are You Seeking? W. H. B. MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Question Corner.—No. 559, Those Taken to Heaven—No. 560, Stones of the Breastplate—No. 561, The Spirit, the Word, the Mind, etc.—No. 562, How He Draws—No. 563, The 144,000—No. 564, Decalogue and Covenant—No. 565 Rev. 2:26, 27—No. 566, Book of Moses—No. 567, Rev. 4:4, 6, "Elders" and "Beasts" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Outlook.—Growing Spiritualism—"Regulating" the Liquor Traffic, W. N. G.—Use of Cigarets by Girls—Famine and Pestilence—Needless Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9

The Fireside.—Which?—A Timely Precaution—"Here Is Your Dinner"—Greece and the Greeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10

Missions.—Condition of Haiti—A Call from Korea—Our Work and Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12

International Sabbath-School Lesson.—The Condemnation of Christ (Lesson 9, Sabbath, May 29, 1897) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

International Sunday-School Lesson.—Christian Faith Leads to Good Works (Lesson 9, Sunday, May 30, 1897) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Sunday Legislation in New York

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NEW YORK State and Legislature have been so mixed up with Sunday legislation that many seem to be at sea as to what is the proper thing. Of the seven bills before the last Legislature pertaining to Sunday observance in some form, most, if not all, we believe, died with the session.

A Good Suggestion

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A Good Suggestion.—The Christian Work well says: "More special Sunday business. The Standard, Chicago, suggests that Sunday, May 23, be devoted to a special subject, which it mentions. Why not devote it to preaching the Gospel? We don't think much of newspaper Sundays." Yes, indeed, why not?

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